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The phrase 'systemic racism' clouds productive debate
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Alexis Blomqvist
Initiative for cleaner cars can help all Minnesotans
Communities of color are more likely to be in areas of higher pollution.
Lance Klatt
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Clean Cars initiative is a miscalculation for Minnesota.
David C. Smith
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It's OK that Joe Manchin effectively scuttled the For the People Act
The act would be bad for free speech, which is the most important right and cannot be curbed.
Anita Isaacs
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Boost U.S. tech
With China closing in, this is a contest that must be won.
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City wants to gentrify George Floyd Square
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Michelle Goldberg
The left needs the ACLU to keep defending awful speech
The free speech libertarianism I grew up with is out of fashion, but real-world lessons may restore it.
Noah Feldman
Supreme Court's generational divide seen in computer fraud case
Justice Amy Coney Barrett provides the sensible majority opinion.
George Skelton
An AR-15 is like a 'pocket knife'?
"Good for home and battle"? Maybe federal judges shouldn't get lifetime appointments.
Kelly Morrison
Minnesota must pass a Prescription Drug Affordability Board
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Paul Krugman
Why is hiring so slow? Is it a policy failure?
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Will Phillips and Brad Anderson
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Ross Douthat
Three paths to containing Trump
All very different, and all of which could work, at least until fate gets involved.
Virginia Heffernan
What's the matter with Kyrsten Sinema?
For her, backing the filibuster seems to have become a way to pretend to support legislation while resting assured that it will stall.
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Kamala Harris and the worsening job of vice president
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